Publications of Roman Linz

Puhlmann, L. M., Vrticka, P., Linz, R., Valk, S. L., Papassotiriou, I., Chrousos, G. P., … Singer, T. (2025). Serum BDNF increase after 9-month contemplative mental training is associated with decreased cortisol secretion and increased dentate gyrus volume: Evidence from a randomized clinical trial. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 5. doi:10.1016/j.bpsgos.2024.100414

Valk, S. L., Engert, V., Puhlmann, L. M., Linz, R., Caldairou, B., Bernasconi, A., … Singer, T. (2024). Differential increase of hippocampal subfield volume after socio-affective mental training relates to reductions in diurnal cortisol. ELife, 12. doi:10.7554/eLife.87634

Gallistl, M., Linz, R., Puhlmann, L. M., Singer, T., & Engert, V. (2024). Evidence for differential associations of distinct trait mindfulness facets with acute and chronic stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 166. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107051

Hoffmann, F., Linz, R., Steinbeis, N., Bauer, M., Dammering, F., Lazarides, C., … Heim, C. (2024). Children with maltreatment exposure exhibit rumination‐like spontaneous thought patterns: Association with symptoms of depression, subcallosal cingulate cortex thickness, and cortisol levels. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65, 31–41.

O'Malley, B., Linz, R., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2024). Testing the monitor and acceptance theory: The role of training-induced changes in monitoring- and acceptance-related capacities after attention-based, socio-emotional, or socio-cognitive mental training in reducing cortisol stress reactivity. Stress, 27. doi:10.1080/10253890.2024.2345906

Degering, M., Linz, R., Puhlmann, L. M., Singer, T., & Engert, V. (2023). Revisiting the stress recovery hypothesis: Differential associations of cortisol stress reactivity and recovery after acute psychosocial stress with markers of long-term stress and health. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 28. doi:10.1016/j.bbih.2023.100598

Linz, R., Puhlmann, L. M., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2022). Investigating the impact of distinct contemplative mental trainings on daily life stress, thoughts and affect: Evidence from a nine-month longitudinal ecological momentary assessment study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 142. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105800

Meier, M., Lonsdorf, T. B., Lupien, S. J., Stalder, T., Laufer, S., Sicorello, M., … Puhlmann, L. M. (2022). Open and reproducible science practices in psychoneuroendocrinology: Opportunities to foster scientific progress. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 11. doi:10.1016/j.cpnec.2022.100144

Puhlmann, L. M., Vrticka, P., Linz, R., Stalder, T., Kirschbaum, C., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2021). Contemplative mental training reduces hair glucocorticoid levels in a randomized clinical trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83, 894–905.

Puhlmann, L. M., Linz, R., Valk, S. L., Vrticka, P., Vos de Wael, R., Bernasconi, A., … Engert, V. (2021). Association between hippocampal structure and serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in healthy adults: A registered report. NeuroImage, 236. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118011

Linz, R., Pauly, R., Smallwood, J., & Engert, V. (2021). Mind-wandering content differentially translates from the lab to daily life and relates to subjective stress experience. Psychological Research, 85, 649–659.

Linz, R., Puhlmann, L. M., Apostolakou, F., Mantzou, E., Papassotiriou, I., Chrousos, G. P., … Singer, T. (2019). Acute psychosocial stress increases serum BDNF levels: An antagonistic relation to cortisol but no group differences after mental training. Neuropsychopharmacology, 44, 1797–1804.

Engert, V., Linz, R., & Grant, J. (2019). Embodied stress: The physiological resonance of psychosocial stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 105, 138–146.

Linz, R., Singer, T., & Engert, V. (2018). Interactions of momentary thought content and subjective stress predict cortisol fluctuations in a daily life experience sampling study. Scientific Reports, 8. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-33708-0

Steinbeis, N., Engert, V., Linz, R., & Singer, T. (2015). The effects of stress and affiliation on social decision-making: Investigating the tend-and-befriend pattern. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 62, 138–148.

O'malley, B., Linz, R., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2024). How do mindfulness-based trainings reduce physiological stress? Assessing changes in attention and acceptance traits and their role in cortisol reduction. In Psychoneuroendocrinology (Vol. 160). Oxford: Pergamon. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106812

Linz, R., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2021). Using ecological momentary assessment to track how contemplative mental training is implemented into everyday life. In Psychoneuroendocrinology (Vol. 131). Oxford: Pergamon. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105489

Puhlmann, L. M., Vrticka, P., Linz, R., Papassotiriou, I., Chrousos, G. P., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2021). Serum BDNF increase and the role of cortisol reduction following contemplative mental training. In Psychoneuroendocrinology (Vol. 131). Oxford: Pergamon. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105510

Linz, R., & Puhlmann, L. M. (2020). Symposium 4: BDNF as a biomarker for vulnerability to stress and stress-related disease. In Psychoneuroendocrinology (Vol. 119). Oxford: Pergamon. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.105006

Linz, R., Puhlmann, L. M., & Engert, V. (2020). Investigating serum BDNF dynamics during acute psychosocial stress reveals inverse relations to cortisol but no association with hippocampal volume in healthy adults. In Psychoneuroendocrinology (Vol. 119). Oxford: Pergamon. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.105007